Pope Leo XIV said Saturday “it’s not in my interest” to debate US President Donald Trump, insisting his trip to Africa is focused on peacebuilding rather than any personal clash.
April 18, 2026
Large crowds gathered on Sunday in a field in Kilamba close to Angola's capital Luanda for a Mass with Pope Leo in what is expected to be one of
April 19, 2026
Senior Cabinet ministers are rallying around U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose leadership is under threat
April 19, 2026
Iran has doubled down on its pledge to restrict ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz as long as the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports remains in place
April 19, 2026
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April 19, 2026
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he would be ready to meet U.S. President Donald Trump once a "big deal" between the two countries has been prepared.
April 19, 2026
Bulgarians went to the polls on Sunday in the eighth parliamentary election in five years, with the clear frontrunner, pro-Russian
April 19, 2026
Iran has reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and fired on a tanker attempting to pass the waterway
April 18, 2026
About 1,000 animal welfare protesters who tried to gain entry to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin have been turned back by police who fired rubber bullets and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group’s leader
April 19, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has challenged Angola's leaders to “break the cycles of interests” that have plundered and exploited Africa for centuries
April 18, 2026
A U.S. appeals court is allowing construction to continue on President Donald Trump's $400 million ballroom
April 19, 2026
Former President Barack Obama has met privately with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani before joining together to read to preschoolers at a child care center in the Bronx
April 19, 2026
Mamdani and Obama meet face-to-face in New York City
April 19, 2026
Iran is not ready for new face-to-face talks with the U.S., according to a senior Iranian official
April 18, 2026
The governments of Brazil, Spain and Mexico on Saturday vowed to step up coordinated aid to Cuba to alleviate what they described as a humanitarian crisis caused by the
April 19, 2026
Britain's Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy signalled his support for Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday over the ongoing row about the decision to appoint Peter
April 19, 2026
Deadly shooting in Ukraine leaves 6 dead after gunman opens fire and takes hostages in Kyiv supermarket
April 18, 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hosted two events in Barcelona to rally progressive leaders from around the world who fear for a rules-based world order
April 18, 2026
Justice Department adds former Trump lawyer to investigation of Trump critic John Brennan
April 19, 2026
Iran now says the Strait of Hormuz is fully closed until the end of the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports
April 18, 2026
Six people were killed when a Russian-born man opened fire on passersby in a Kyiv district on Saturday before barricading himself in a supermarket with
April 18, 2026
A French soldier was killed and three others wounded while clearing a road in southern Lebanon in an attack that UNIFIL peacekeepers and French officials said on Saturday was
April 18, 2026
Activists break into Wisconsin animal breeding facility ahead of scheduled protest
April 19, 2026
President Donald Trump has signed a bill extending a controversial surveillance program until April 30
April 18, 2026
Eddie Murphy receives life achievement award by AFI, drawing standing ovation at star-filled tribute
IMF, World Bank meetings show limits in mitigating shocks, reliance on US for solutions
Investors pile into US stocks as 'TINA' revival knocks 'TIARA' trades
Tens of thousands gather outside Angolan capital for Pope Leo Mass
Premier League title race ready for defining match as Man City hosts Arsenal